Allegorical Meissen figurine group "Asia"

From the series "Four Continents." With plastic flowers and leaves, naturally arranged base. Not far from a palm tree, a young Eastern woman, seated on a camel, personifies the continent of Asia, in a white dress with a floral pattern, a violet coat, and an elaborate head arrangement resembling a hood. In her left hand she holds a censer, and in her right—a scepter. Polychrome painting with gilded details. The author is likely Johann Joachim Kändler or his follower. Restored; marked with crossed swords. Height—20.5 cm. The four allegories of the continents were listed in Kändler's tax (1740–1748) as of November 20, 1745. A slightly modified model of the "Asia" group with a changed pose was created by Johann Friedrich Eberlein in the summer of 1745–1747 as part of the cycle under Kändler's supervision and was part of an order by Empress Elizabeth Petrovna for the Russian court. See Jedding's catalog "Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg private collection," fig. 241; Pietsch's catalog "Meissen für die Zaren," fig. 143. Allegorical group of porcelain figures "Asia" from the series "Four Continents." Restored. Marked with crossed swords. Meissen. Mid-18th century.